WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:
| Principal Translations |
| spastic adj | dated, now offensive!! (suffering from cerebral palsy) (ofensivo) | espástico/a adj |
| | When I was a child our neighbours had a spastic son. |
| | Cuando era chico nuestros vecinos tenían un hijo espástico. |
| spastic n | dated, now offensive!! ([sb] with cerebral palsy) (ofensivo) | espástico, espástica nm, nf |
| Note: "Spastic" used to be a standard term to refer to a person with cerebral palsy. However, it is now considered very offensive. |
| | It was a charity that supported spastics. |
| | Una organización de caridad daba apoyo a los espásticos. |
| Additional Translations |
| spastic adj | pejorative, dated, offensive!!, informal (person: stupid, incompetent) (ofensivo) | espástico/a adj |
| | (ofensivo) | tarado/a adj |
| | The bullies called Joe a spastic crybaby when he got upset because he didn't understand the rules of the game. |
| | Los abusadores le dijeron a Joe que era un espástico llorón cuando no entendió las reglas del juego. |
| spastic n | pejorative, dated, offensive!!, informal (stupid, incompetent person) (ofensivo) | tarado, tarada nm, nf |
| | (ofensivo) | espástico, espástica nm, nf |
| | Nancy was punished for calling Chuck a spastic. |
| | Castigaron a Nancy por decirle tarado a Chuck. |
'spastic' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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